The IRR is hosting a public meeting to discuss family campaigns for justice. On Wednesday 27 November 2013, the IRR and the Mannheim Centre for the Study of Criminology and Criminal Justice (LSE) are hosting a meeting to discuss family campaigns against the state to discover the truth about the deaths of loved ones. The
The launch event of the London Campaign to Stop Police and State Violence. Friday 11 October 2013, 7pm University of London, Union, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HY Including: Who Polices the Police? – film screening ‘Speak out’ – experiences of police violence RELATED LINKS Download a flyer here London Campaign to Stop Police and State
A vigil marking one year since Talha Ahsan’s extradition. Saturday 5 October 2013, 1pm Parliament Square, London SW1P 3AD RELATED LINKS Free Talha Ahsan
A meeting on rape and sexual assault in Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre. Tuesday 1 October 2013, 3pm Crossroads Women’s Centre, 25 Wolsey Mews, London NW5 2DX RELATED LINKS Black Women’s Rape Action Project Women Against Rape
A benefit gig for SOAS Detainee Support Group. Saturday 28 September 2013, 9.30pm Brixton Jamm, 261 Brixton Road, London SW9 6LH Artists include: Harare Z the People Colin Samurai RELATED LINKS Download a flyer here SOAS Detainee Support Group
A Haldane Society lecture on the calls for a public inquiry on undercover surveillance. Tuesday 8 October 2013, 6.30pm University of Law, 14 Store Street, London WC1E 7DE Speakers: Imran Khan – solicitor to Doreen Lawrence Louis Austin – former Chair of Youth Against Racism in Europe RELATED LINKS Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers
A recent meeting with Met police failed to reassure migrant rights groups and activists that Operation Nexus is not harmful. Operation Nexus, launched a year ago as a collaboration between the Metropolitan police and the UK Border Agency was designed to clear foreign criminals off the streets of London and send them home. Immigration officers
A demonstration to highlight how little tax the company that owns the ‘Daily Express’ pays in the UK and to protest against its demonisation of migrants. Monday 23 September 2013, 5.30pm 10 Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6EN
The Advisory Council for the Education of Romany and Other Travellers (ACERT) AGM and a one day conference. Saturday 28 September 2013, 10am Friends Meeting House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ Agenda items include: Gypsies, Romanies and other Travellers in Higher Education Supporting parents of excluded pupils Opportunities for trained mediators Exploring culture through art
Is racial profiling being carried out by counter-terrorism police in South London following the death of Lee Rigby? On 1 June 2013, a group of friends driving through Woolwich in the early evening were intercepted by police officers apparently from the Met’s Counter Terrorism command, SO15. According to youth worker Husani Williams, who was driving
